Shleppey, John W., 1901-1975
Person
biographical statement
Tulsa area businessman and collector who owned and operated Shleppey Outdoor Advertising. Later he owned a bookstore in Seattle. He was a lifelong acquirer of things, beginning when he was a child before 1920. His extensive collection of books, artifacts, and papers was bequeathed to the University of Tulsa by the Shleppey family following his death in September 1975.
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Bernstein's Fish Grotto souvenir postcard
Digital Image
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-2-011
Dates:
undated
Costa Grill wine list, undated
Item — Box 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-6-3-017
Ginny Simms' Ocean Shores map, undated
Item — Box 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-7-1-008
Ginny Simms' Ocean Shores Restaurant dinner napkin, undated
Item — Box 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-7-1-007
Ivar's Deep-Sea Divers children's menu, undated
Item — Box 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-7-4-008
Know America Place Mats - East Central Oklahoma paper placemat, undated
Item — Box 7, Folder: 6
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-7-6-003
Lawry's souvenir menu
Digital Image
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-7-6-012
Li'l Abner's souvenir menu
Digital Image
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-7-6-018
Loffler Bros Oyster House [and other restaurants] paper bib, undated
Item — Box 7, Folder: 6
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-7-6-020
Moon Temple postcard, undated
Item — Box 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1975-002-6.1-8-1-019
Scope and Contents
Moon Temple postcard. Photograph of a waitress holding a stack of menus in the dining room near diners.
Verso is blank. Gives the restaurant address. Walt Scarff Photography and Publication.
Dates:
undated